"Liu Lianyu, was it? You smell amazing."
Liu Lianyu freezes. He thinks he heard wrong and at that moment the world lays still, time suspended. He's completely tense when the couch dips and Tao Zhen's weight is right next to him. It's cramped on the couch.
The fear he feels ripens. But it's likely just Liu Lianyu overreacting. After all, this was his meimei's fiance. There's no way Tao Zhen is a predator. There's no reason for him to even have an interest in Liu Lianyu. So he chalks the roaring heartbeat in his chest to the awful omega instincts he's been saddled with thanks to biology.
There's no other explanation.
"Come on, sit up and drink some water. It'll make you feel better." Tao Zhen's voice is low enough to vibrate in Liu Lianyu's chest. The hairs on his nape stand up and he doesn't really feel like sitting up or drinking water. Not with Tao Zhen sitting on the edge of the couch, trapping him with that tall looming alpha presence.
